Hunter Education
What
You Should Know | Purpose
| Importance | Funding
| Requirements | Safe
and Getting Safer | Final QuizWhy Is Hunter Education Important?
Formal hunter education efforts began in New York in 1949 with training on firearm safety. This training was given before hunters could purchase a hunting license. It later expanded to other states and provinces until it is now required almost everywhere.Hunter education is important because it:
helps
prevent hunting and shooting accidents (safety first). improves
hunter behavior and compliance with hunting laws (thereby improving
public acceptance of hunting and furthering the hunting tradition)
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